Self-possession Synonyms

sĕlfpə-zĕshən
A firm belief in one's own powers
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. aplomb
  2. assurance
  3. confidence
  4. self-assurance
  5. self-confidence

Words Related to Self-possession

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Self-possession Sentence Examples

  • In the Synoptists, Jesus " grows in favour with God and man," passes through true human experiences and trials, prays alone on the mountain-side, and dies with a cry of desolation; here the Logos' watchword is " I am," He has deliberately to stir up emotion in Himself, never prays for Himself, and in the garden and on the cross shows but power and self-possession.

  • When Bonaparte addressed the Ancients, he lost his self-possession and made a deplorable figure.

  • From the pages of his teeming note-books he took the material for his lectures, arranging and rearranging it under such titles as Nature, School, Home, Genius, Beauty and Manners, Self-Possession, Duty, The Superlative, Truth, The Anglo-Saxon, The Young American.

  • Anatole was not quick-witted, nor ready or eloquent in conversation, but he had the faculty, so invaluable in society, of composure and imperturbable self-possession.

  • The quiet actress is known as much for her body of work both in and out of genres as she is for her talent, poise and self-possession.

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